currently being treated at a local area hospital. there are seven children on board the school bus that special needs kids and they were transported as a precaution. they are all okay. >> now wet roads could have been a factor. there is also a fourth car in the ravine right now and officers believe she may have tried to avoid the whole mess and lost control. of course, they are trying to figure this all out and this is going to be several hours of an investigation and well passed when it gets dark and well pass rust hour. back to you, derek. so how much longer will this cold, nasty weather you see out there continue? topper is in the weather center with our forecast. top. >> we are having a hard time budging these temperatures. north and west, temperatures around freezing. we'll start north and west. we have winter weather advisories until 10:00 tomorrow morning. essentially, frederick county north and west and loudoun county north and west, this is not for snow.

for a little bit of freezing drizzle and out here, the roads will be okay. but, that said, if you're going to go over any bridges or overpasses, please be advised. certainly through hagerstown, there could be slick spots. we are in a lull between systems. not much precipitation jour night. whatever falls will be light. that's good news. and notice east of 95 we are okay. in fact, 34 in manassas. 34 downtown. still 30 in gaithersburg and 32 in leesburg. slowly but surely, the temperatures will rise overnight, but in the meantime, some slick spots north and west. we'll come back and talk about a coastal storm. what that means for your saturday and salvage part of the weekend. thanks, top. tonight we have team coverage on two athletes accused in deadly cases of domestic violence. and an eases si way to judge. first, south african runner,

oscar pistorius is a free man tonight. >> the former olympian, now out on $113,000 bail in the shooting death of his girlfriend, the model, reeva steenkamp. >> reporter: photographers crowded around the range rover carrying par olympian, oscar pistorius. a camera crew followed pistorius' car. the court ruled the runner could not be at his own house. prosecutors charged the former olympian with premeditated murder. he shot four times through a bathroom door after a heated argument. but the double amputee claims he accidentally shot steenkamp, believing she was an intruder. >> i came to the conclusion

that he made a case. >> pistorius supporters cheered in court and says his family is relieved. >> we know oscar's vision of what happened that tragic night. and we know that is the truth and that will prevail. >> a spokesman says the family doesn't know what to feel. >> whatever happens is not going to bring reeva back. just want justice and the truth. >> pistorius was ordered to turn in his passports and any guns he owns. the athlete will have to report to police twice a week and is due back in court june 4. tina krause, cbs news. now pistorius was also ordered to stay away from alcohol and all of the witnesses in the case, he is confined to the city of pretoria. now to another case of fatal attraction. before the murder of university

of virginia lacrosse player, yardly love, now yeardley's mother hopes to change that. a new way to alert women to the dangers of domestic violence. >> where yeardley love and george huguely destined for disaster? may 2, 2010, kicks in the door of her apartment. >> i don't know what was going through his mind that night. >> he beats her and leaves her to die. >> when they said, i knew something horrible. >> he is serving a 23-year sentence. >> i keep believing this isn't real, in the back of your mind that she's going to walk through the door. >> not a day goes by that sharon and lexi don't think about, what if. if they only knew then what they know now about domestic

violence, yeardley may still be here today. >> we are learning backwards now. >> because of you, we can now learn. >> i'm just so much more aware of people's behaviors and characteristics now than ever before. >> each year, domestic violence kills more than 450 women between 16 and 26 years old. seize the dangerous signs they all missed. >> there were a couple of instances where he grabbed her. did she tell you about this? >> just one time. he held her down and that really shook her up. i think he held around her neck, which is worse. that's a major sign. sharon and lexi founded the one- love foundation, to warn young women so they can escape a potentially deadly relationship. they wanted an easy way. >> the foundation developed an app and it's free. >> they teamed up with dr. jackie campbell who studied

violence between intimate partners for 30 years. >> for a young woman at college and in high school, they aren't going to tell their parents about these things. and they also, they and their friends don't recognize them as being highly dangerous signs. >> the app includes 20 questions that ask things such as whether you feel controlled by your partner or if fights get physical. >> they get a score and it shows on a graph where they are compared to other women, how dangerous this is. and then it tells them, based on that level of danger, what they need to do. >> with this app, sharon and lexi are on a krewe crusade. >> maybe that will bring ahead that gosh, you know, when i took that test, that was one of the behaviors that i should be looking out for. >> could the one love app saved the life of yeardley

love? we never know. while there were red flags, they believe it never occurred to yeardley that she was a victim of domestic violence. the elementary schoolteacher is out on bail. released on a $100,000 bond. she teaches at meadow hall elementary. he's accused of inappropriately touching two of his students between september of last year and just this month. the frederick man is on administrative leave with pay. a remarkable thing has happened as a youth murder epidemic has been unfolding in prince georges county. the outrage haproduced a monumental number. that's unusual in most murder investigations. what is also different is the age of the people doing the talking and social media. scott broom has been talking to investigators about all of this and here to explain what is going on. >> what's going on is stunning. kids are talking to police. a lot of it via text and twitter. so much so that crime solvers

tips this week alone are up 300% in the wake of the deaths of two suitland high school students in two separate killings this week. >> it is just sad. >> part of it, police say, is sheer outrage. six county students claimed by murders since school started in august. >> young people shouldn't die. >> and listen to what assistant chief, kevin davis, says about the role of tips. >> they have been of monumental importantcy. a majority of them use social media to one degree or another and we know that for a fact because of the amount of time solvers. and they have been absolutely through the roof. >> today, davis said police expect to announce charges next week in the september 11 murder of 18-year-old central high school senior, markell ross. the murder of 15-year-old suitland freshman, charles c.j. walker monday was solved in 48 hours. it was less than a week in the

case of friendly high school junior, marcus jones, who was shot to death in january. in each case, twitter was alive with tributes to the victims and within hours of the deaths, information was flowing to investigators. >> four of the six cases will be closed, saying in no small part, to social media. >> prince georges county police capitalized with a twitter page of their own. also a text address. and a reporting system online. in each case, information can be sent anonymously without ever having to talk to police in person. which is just the way many kids want it. police are still getting a large number of phone calls the old fashioned way to their crime solver's number as well. the lesson learned is, if you combine outrage, justice is soon to follow. now, i want you to have all the information as to how to contact police. to do that, go to our website,

wusa9. look for the story. i have them listed right there. scott broom, wusa9. sounds good. the case of markell ross, after saying earlier this week, there would be an announcement in that case today. police revealed a suspect is under arrest. a source tells wusa9 that the suspect has been held on an unrelated charge for some time now as investigators made their case. we now know that electrical problems caused that deadly fire in glenn arden and killed a father and two young children. darryl price, jr., his eight- year-old daughter, tonya, his four-year-old daughter, all of them died early thursday morning. an 11-year-old girl is in the hospital with critical injuries. two others suffered smoke inhalation and fire investigators call it a tragic accident. a plan to dramatically change highway financing in virginia is one step closer to reality tonight. the house of delegates approved a measure today. now the senate still needs to vote and governor bob mcdonnell put transportation issues at the forefront of his agenda.

the measure in question would replace 17.5-cent gallon gas tax and a 6% levy on diesel. still ahead, the option to opt out when it comes to pepco's smart meters. it depends on which side of the border you're on. up next, president obama tries to turn up the pressure on congress to stop those automatic budget cuts just to take in effect exactly one week

we are hearing more today about the consequences that the congress cannot come up with a budget deal before the automatic spending cuts kick in, in just one week. an internal memo says visitors to our national park wills find fewer rangers and locked up

bathrooms. the transportation secretary is warning he's going to have to cut air traffic controllers. that means big delays. today, president obama says it appears republicans are willing to let all that happen. >> their basic view is that nothing is important enough to raise taxes on wealthy individuals or corporations and they would prefer to see these kinds of cuts. >> but the republicans argue the cuts are being blown out of proportion. a statement from house majority leader says, it's not true that criminals will be let loose and nor will emergency responders be unable to do their jobs. >> a group of governors, including maryland governor met with president obama today at the white house and he, along with virginia's republican governor, and democratic senator, tim kaine, will be among this week's guests on face the nation. cbs white house correspondent is sitting in this week for a host, bob shaefer, and major congress is coming back to washington, not a lot of

optimism there. but it is to think that this thing may well happen. >> it looks like it is going to happen, derek. every indication you get from the white house, they are betting this will happen. the republicans are not going to move in the next week or senate democrats. it is a conversation we intend to have on face the nation sunday with democratic senator, tim kaine. move a piece of legislation next week to avert the sequester and send it over to the house. right now, there's not a single piece of legislation in either body to resolve this. until there is. there can't be a lot of resolution. >> a lot of anger and concern. you have two governors of states that will be hard hit when this sequester comes down. >> not just those two governors, martin o'malley, democratic governor from maryland, and two other governors with a western

perspective. john hikenlooper from colorado. when talked to governor brewer, what is the implication because there have been some indications that if the sequester goes through, there could be fewer border patrol agents. a will the of research dollars flow through colorado. ask about the implications there. we'll try to get a perspective about how they are bracing for these spending cuts and if they believe, as the white house has suggested, they will be immediate. some republicans are doubtful about that. >> all right, major garrett, face the nation, we look forward to seeing you on sunday. thank you. >> well, the threat of government furloughs has a lot of federal workers in our town pretty upset. that is why wusa9 started a petition. should the congress face penalties if federal workers are furloughed due to sequestration. go to wusa9.com. look at the petition. it's right there on the home page. a reminder for you. metro riders to expect a longer ride than usual if you'll use

the orange line. four stations will be closed for track work. they are vienna, west falls church, and east falls church. the closing starts tonight at 10:00. they last through closing on sunday. there will be shuttle buses and there will be track work this weekend on parts of the red and the green lines. some scary moments today for passengers aboard a united airlines flight out of fort lauderdale. the boeing 737 skidded off the runway in cleveland this morning. flight 1639 ended up on the grass. none of the 103 passengers were hurt. investigators say the freezing winter weather might have been a factor in that. >> maybe. >> you think? >> good investigation on that. okay. >> we don't have to worry about that here, though, right? >> not so much. north and west, bridge and overpasses tonight. but in town, it's a friday night. everybody is going out. take it easy. >> get those tires. >> exactly. now we talked about the snow pulling out of the midwest, headed for chicago. they had a cute little snow.

3 to 5 inches fell. officially 2.7 fell at o'hare and they are down about 66% of their normal. 10 inches, supposed to have 30 this time of year. they pickweek, too. for ke a live look outside. a little lull right now inbetween systems. a temperature around 34. winds out of the east at 5. pressure is still falling. and the dew point is still below the freezing mark, which is something we have to watch. we talked about this and the dew points are low, we add moisture to the atmosphere. the surface temperature falls. that's what happened north and west of town. here's the radar. there goes our batch of mixed precipitation. it looked really nice for about 18 minutes, and then it went to light rain. looking at a lull, not much back to the west of us. we'll watch the area to the south and that will give us another round of precipitation. that will be in the form of light rain and showers.

and most of the heavy rain stays east of us. so, we have a batch, if you're going up 270, mixed precipitation. a batch down by the spur, as you go west on the beltway. everything is light. again, just remember, take it easy on the bridges and overpasses tonight. temperatures, 31 in arlington. 31 in bethesda. 31 in rockville. 33 out toward springfield. 34 downtown. 33 in college park. and essentially, east of i-95. you're in good shape with temperatures above freezing. temperatures aren't going to fall much tonight. mainly wet roads in the metro area. bridges and overpasses north and west, yes, you could have slick spots. light rain and showers on saturday and rain and showers will end by evening on saturday. so, for tonight, light rain and drizzle, pockets of freezing rain north and west. lows 30 to 36. essentially temperatures holding steady. by morning, some light rain and showers. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. temperatures aren't going up tomorrow. by afternoon, light rain and

showers ending late afternoon, but highs near 45. pretty good deal. and winds out of the northwest at about 10 to 15. so, the next three days, we'll keep tomorrow as a yellow alert. why would we? we are golfable on sunday. breezy, yes, but highs near 50, that's okay. and 50 on monday. clouds come in late. a very nice start to the week. next seven days. another cold rain on tuesday for us. we are back in the 40s. and then a pretty nice day on wednesday. back to around 50. then it gets colder back in the 40s on thursday. and then back in the 40s on friday, which i think is march 1 and some flurries are possible thursday and friday. so march may not come in like a lion, may come in more like a junk yard dog. something like that. >> that's how you describe this winter? >> not even junk yard dog. >> got it. we'll take it. >> still ahead, new details and new video of the deadly shooting and fiery crash, all of this went down on the las

vegas strip. but up next, a dangerous discovery leaps to the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of sausage.

we have a recall roundup in tonight's consumer alert. first, mid field tracking company is recalling 38,000 pounds of pork sausage. the virginia based meat processor says it may contain some small pieces of plastic. the cases of pork sausage have a used by date of march 12, 2013. the sausage was distributed to 11 states, including maryland, and the district of columbia. and about 241,000 home electric blowers sold exclusively at home depot and 131,000 of the expert gardener blowers sold at wal-mart, well they are both being recalled. they can cut you and that's the problem. you want to stop using them immediately and contact the company for a free replacement. we'll tell you how to do that. go to our website, wusa9.com. the spring season marks the beginning of lots of home improvement projects. and that is just what one maryland homeowner had in mind when she called a local blind

company. but many months later, she left for the job on dunn and a missing refund worth thousands of dollars. >> that's not what you intended to come into your kitchen. >> absolutely. >> later, renee's nightmare continues and in tonight's wusa9 call for action report, you won't believe what happened when we traveled to annapolis to help solve her problem. plus, we'll tell you the steps you need to take from being blind sided in a door to door in home sale. if you want our call for action team to help you, call us. 301-652-help or file a complaint online. go to our website, wusa9.com and click the wusa9 call for action link at the top of the page. thanks, lesli. coming up, you won't want to miss the next chapter in the under cover taxi cab investigation. >> tonight, inspectors join us and cab byes find out the hard way, breaking the law can cost you. i'm kristin fisher in washington where more than 100

pepco customers have requested to opt out of the smart meter program. the problem is, they're not allowed to. so what can you do? i have some answers coming up. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios

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breaking news. traffic is backed up on westbound 66 and dulles toll road after a car and a metro bus collided. there were about 30 to 35 people on board the bus. the bus driver and two passengers were taken to the hospital as well as the driver of the car.

we are told no one appears to have life threatening injuries. tonight, if you have been following our wusa taxi investigation, break all the rules of the night. the payoff. once again, cabs are passing right by our undercover passenger, but this time, d.c. inspectors are there and man, russ shows them really getting to come off tonight, russ. >> it was a crazy night and you are about to see d.c. inspectors shadowing our investigative team and see what we have been reporting ourselves for several months. a cab system out of control, citation after citation, tow after tow, watch as inspectors try to reign that system in. >> rules and regulations state all the way down. >> you just have to ask the question and we'll move